Recently, the 7 years contract ended with C9 and he also withdrew from the group
(Bae Jinyoung first signed a contract with Wanna One in 2017 so he concluded his contract before everyone else)
“Hello,
This is C9 Entertainment.
We would like to inform you about CIX’s future activities.
Firstly, after discussions, we have decided to end our exclusive contract with member Bae Jin Young as of August 1, 2024. We want to express our gratitude to Bae Jin Young for his hard work as a member of CIX and ask for your continued support as he embarks on a new path.
Moving forward, CIX will continue its activities with the remaining members BX, Seung Hoon, Yong Hee, and Hyun Suk. We are currently preparing for the release of new music and various performances scheduled for the second half of the year.
We sincerely appreciate the unwavering support and love from our fans for CIX, and we ask for your continued interest and affection for CIX’s future activities.
Thank you.”
The conversation exchanged during interacting with fans that led to the issue.
“I kept worrying about giving you guys good news. Everyone around me told me to go slow, but I why couldn’t I ㅜㅜ… ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ People say time is gold.. I’ve lost a lot of gold so far…”
So someone cropped a part of that interaction and the RTs exploded
배진영지랄말고니가날린금부터보상하라 pic.twitter.com/wW37mtgcV3
— 반쑤튀김 (@dancingtoku) August 13, 2024
“Bae Jinyoung, stop bullsh*tting and pay back my gold”
Most of CIX’s fans misunderstood what Bae Jinyoung meant
People thought he meant ‘time spent working as a group’ was expressed as ‘lost gold’.
🤭 << The emoticon seems to be mocking, etc. fans started expressing disappointment
하 너무슬프네진짜로
CIX배진영 좋아햇던사람들이 버젓이 살아잇는데 시간을버렷다는 식의말을하시면은 저같은사람들 심정이 어떻겟어요 아진짜 마음ㅈㄴ헛헛하네— 영묘 (@0MY0_) August 13, 2024
“Ha I’m so sad, really. People who liked CIX’s Bae Jinyoung are still alive and well, so how would people like me feel if you said something like you wasted time? Ah, my heart feels so f*cking empty”
RTs were climbing and a lot of people started swearing at him
After seeing the situation, he eventually apologized
“First of all, I would like to apologize for my my clumsy words that might’ve hurt you guys. I’m sure that because of the misinterpretation has caused a lot of misunderstanding and people got flustered, but I’ll try to use my words more carefully in the future! Sorry! If there’s someone who got hurt for any reason, I think it’s right to apologize since it’s my mistake! I’m sorry for creating the misunderstanding! Sorry.”
But in reality, if you looked at CIX’s schedule
They’ve only managed to make a comeback once a year (with a total of 8 albums and singles over 6 years for the group), even when they do come back, there are no schedules beyond tours and fan meetings, and no content
During this time, both other members and fans have had openly expressed dissatisfaction.
There have been many instances where complaints about the company (not properly managing activities in a timely manner) were publicly voiced.
Recently, he even shared about being in touch with members
“Me and the members still contact each other well ㅎㅎ I saw Hyunsukie’s video recently ㅎㅎ and BX hyung did a video call with me yesterday ㅋㅋㅋ Our BX is always so funny. Seunghoon hyung is overseas and Yonghee is working out ㅎㅎ Everyone is doing their bestㅎㅎ ”
He was still getting sworn at but he released unreleased photos of his time with CIX
He tried to prepare two personal stages to have a diverse set at his concert
He is someone who is so passionate about the group and the stage that he even choreographed the other members’ solo stages.
If you’re a fan, there’s no way you wouldn’t know about this whole situation.
I don’t understand why he’s suddenly considered the axis of evil
1. Bae Jinyoung fighting
2. Why are the group’s fans dragging Jinyoungie aroung?
3. I pity him
4. I joined CIX’s fandom but that fandom is insufferable… I just hope that everything gets resolved, I hope that the CIX fans will not get any grudge against him
5. I feel so bad for Bae Jinyoung ㅜㅜ
6. Bae Jinyoung, please do well..
7. He must’ve had a hard time, I’m not a fan but I’ve seen him in the HOT category a few times and I want to support him
8. 7 years is so long, so it’s been 7 years since Wanna One already
9. I don’t think that he should apologize but the way he did is so mature and nice, Jinyoungie will succeed in anything, fighting
10. This fandom is f*cking cringe